Succint Article on Encypting File System (EFS)
Encrypting File System, or EFS, first debuted in Windows 2000 and gave
users to encrypt files without a 3rd party tool....
2006-07-30
1,589 reads
Blog Posts
Detecting SQL Server 2005 Properly
There is a new post in the SQL Server Express blog which indicates the
right way to detect SQL Server 2005:...
2006-07-29
1,478 reads
More SQL Server blogs
There is a new site for SQL Server blogs, SQLBlog.com. "Brought to you by Peter DeBetta & Adam Machanic," it has...
2006-07-29
1,317 reads
New Windows Vista Security Blog
If you're keeping up with Windows Vista and you're interested in the
security aspects of it, there's a new blog, with...
2006-07-29
1,396 reads
Haidong Ji blogs on a tip for learning Perl
Haidong Ji, co-author of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, blogged on Learning Perl using the Perl Debugger. Haidong posts...
2006-07-27
1,601 reads
Interview with Craig Mundie on Channel 9
Channel 9 has posted a 25 minute interview with Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer for Microsoft. You can...
2006-07-27
1,654 reads
New SQL Server 2005 Books Online download available
As reported in several other places... there is a new Books Online (July 2006) for SQL Server 2005. You can...
2006-07-25
1,918 reads
Before you submit that incident to Microsoft...
Check out this post:
Things to consider before submitting an incident to Microsoft
Getting the information together before you make that phone...
2006-07-20
2,349 reads
Presenting at Columbia, SC DotNet User Group
I'll be presenting at the DotNet Columbia SC User Group on August 8th.
My presentation is tentatively titled, "Something old, something...
2006-07-20
1,642 reads
The Plumbing Behind MSDN 2
There is a very interesting article about how MSDN 2 utilizes SQL
Server 2005 technologies, specifically Service Broker and CLR
integration. The...
2006-07-20
1,517 reads
Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers